Cubs agree to three-year deal with righty Chat­wood

CHICAGO — Right-han­der Tyler Chat­wood and the Chicago Cubs agreed Thurs­day to a $38-mil­lion US, three-year con­tract. He gets $12.5 mil­lion in each of the next two Ma­jor League Base­ball sea­sons and $13 mil­lion in 2020. His ’20 salary would rise to $15 mil­lion if he is an all-star in the pre­vi­ous two sea­sons and $17 mil­lion if he gets Cy Young con­sid­er­a­tion in the prior two years. Chat­wood, who turns 28 next week, was 8-15 with a 4.69 ERA in 33 ap­pear­ances, in­clud­ing 25 starts, for Colorado last sea­son.